Privatization and its aftermath: Are we facing a new displacement force?

IF 3.9 2区 社会学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jum.2022.02.002
Sharon Yavo-Ayalon
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The privatization of once publicly-funded affordable housing is the primary tool for preserving and maintaining affordable housing. This process, however, is quietly creating urban migration patterns that are altering the demographic profile of cities with cumulative change that we cannot fully estimate at this stage. There is growing need for a granular analysis at the parcel level to refocus the spotlight on this quiet displacement force. To start filling this lacuna, the article links privatization processes to gentrification and displacement. Through a case study of the privatization of Mitchell Lama buildings on Roosevelt Island, NYC, and the demographic changes it has engendered, this study points to a more significant trend of privatization of housing projects in American cities and worldwide. Its main argument is that, despite their quiet nature, which differs fundamentally from the Urban Renewal projects of the 1960s, the cumulative change they produce may be similar. On this basis, this study's main contribution is an in-depth, small-scale analysis aimed at deciphering the mechanisms, motivations, and decision-making processes of households experiencing ongoing privatization. Through a combination of ethnographic fieldwork, urban historical research, and statistical analysis, the study identifies three urban trends: 1. Privatization may lead to exclusionary displacement through increases in rent and cost of living; 2. Privatization may lead to social displacement pressures such as a sense of loss of place, loss of friends and community, and resentment among long-term residents; and 3. If the right policies are developed, privatization can present an opportunity for upward social mobility.

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私有化及其后果:我们是否面临新的流离失所力量?
将曾经由公共资助的经济适用房私有化是保护和维持经济适用房的主要工具。然而,这一过程正在悄悄地创造城市移徙模式,这种模式正在改变城市的人口结构,其累积变化在现阶段我们无法完全估计。越来越需要在包裹级别进行颗粒分析,以重新聚焦于这种安静的位移力。为了填补这一空白,文章将私有化进程与中产阶级化和流离失所联系起来。本研究通过对纽约市罗斯福岛米切尔喇嘛建筑私有化的案例研究,以及由此产生的人口变化,指出了美国城市和世界范围内住房项目私有化的更显著趋势。它的主要论点是,尽管它们本质上是安静的,这与20世纪60年代的城市更新项目有着根本的不同,但它们产生的累积变化可能是相似的。在此基础上,本研究的主要贡献是一项深入的小规模分析,旨在解读正在经历私有化的家庭的机制、动机和决策过程。通过结合民族志田野调查、城市历史研究和统计分析,该研究确定了三种城市趋势:私有化可能因租金和生活费用增加而导致排他性流离失所;2. 私有化可能导致社会流离失所的压力,例如失去地方的感觉,失去朋友和社区,以及长期居民的怨恨;和3。如果制定正确的政策,私有化可以为社会向上流动提供机会。
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65 days
期刊介绍: Journal of Urban Management (JUM) is the Official Journal of Zhejiang University and the Chinese Association of Urban Management, an international, peer-reviewed open access journal covering planning, administering, regulating, and governing urban complexity. JUM has its two-fold aims set to integrate the studies across fields in urban planning and management, as well as to provide a more holistic perspective on problem solving. 1) Explore innovative management skills for taming thorny problems that arise with global urbanization 2) Provide a platform to deal with urban affairs whose solutions must be looked at from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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